It Holds Me Together
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| Demo by Rivers Cuomo | |||||
| Album | Alone V: Before Weezer | ||||
| Released | 2020 | ||||
| Recorded | 1991 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo, Pat Wilson(?) | ||||
| RC# | 110 | ||||
| Status | Released | ||||
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"It Holds Me Together" (also known as "Oh Babe It Holds Me Together") is a demo by Rivers Cuomo.
Appearances
- Alone V: Before Weezer (2020)
Overview
"It Holds Me Together" was recorded by Cuomo as an 8-track demo, most likely in 1991, as part of Cuomo and Patrick Wilson's "50 Song Project". The Weezer Recording History lists the song as having been a collaboration between Cuomo and Wilson, though recordings of the song have since appeared exclusively on Cuomo's solo compilations. Cuomo performed the song on piano on the demo tape Rivers's Opera in December of 1991. Though the song was not heard by fans until 2020, a scan of Cuomo's handwritten lyrics were uploaded by Cuomo to riverscuomo.com in the early 2000s, and "It Holds Me Together" was listed on a spreadsheet by Cuomo titled "The 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo" in 2008.
The song was first heard by fans on November 7, 2020, when it was among hundreds of demos leaked through the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com. The song was released sold shortly thereafter on November 22 as part of the digital compilation Alone V: Before Weezer.
Lyrics
Oh, Bonnie, I'm hopin
My hands are smokin'
Red lights are burning
Your hands keep turning
My soul is hiding
Faces are wondering
What are ya doing up there, man?
I'm singin' mad, I'm singin mad
Oh, babe, it holds me together
It holds me together
Oh, babe, it holds me together
It holds me together
My world is underground
Ears sealed from city's sound
What am I doing up here, man?
I said I'm singin mad, I'm singin' mad
Oh, babe, it holds me together
It holds me together
Oh, babe, it holds me together
It holds me together
You can't hold me back
You can't hold me back
You can't hold me back
You can't hold me back
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | It Holds Me Together | 03 It Holds Me Together.MP3 | 1991(?) | 3:31 | Alone V: Before Weezer | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | It Holds Me Together | It Holds Me Together 2.mp3 | 1991(?) | 3:19 | Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years | Alternate rip of 03 It Holds Me Together.MP3. Added to Alone IV on November 11, 2021. | |
| Rivers Cuomo | It Holds Me Together | 22 It Holds Me Together.mp3 | December 1991 | 3:53 | Alone V: Before Weezer |